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Ministry of Finance
Inter State Fake Invoice racket with fake transactions valued at over Rs. 131 Crore value busted by DGGI involving fraudulent Input Tax credit of Rs. 26.09 Crore
Nagpur, 18 November 2020
An Inter State fake invoice racket with fake transactions valued at over Rs. 131 Crore involving 3 Taxpayers, one based in Maharashtra and 2 based in Karnataka, was busted by the officers DGGI, Nagpur Zonal Unit yesterday.
On the basis of intelligence developed using online tools, searches were conducted in remote areas of Chandrapur District against a Taxpayer involved in issuance of fake invoices and availment of fraudulent ITC.
The searches revealed that the Taxpayer was fake and non-existent. Further investigations revealed that the documents uploaded on the GST Portal as proof of address by the Taxpayers like electricity bills etc. were all forged and fabricated.
The investigations also revealed the details of 2 more Taxpayers based in Karnataka who were a part of this racket as they were found to have taken GST registration on the same date, had declared the same e Mail addresses in REG 01 and were sole suppliers/buyers of each other.
- Total fraudulent ITC detected = Rs. 26.09 Crore
- Total entities involved = 3
- Services involved = Works Contract services, Labour Supply
The matter has been taken up with the jurisdictional DGGI, Zonal Units for apprehending the kingpin who is reportedly based in Karnataka.S.Rai/DR
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Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kolkata
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure action on 29.01.2021 on the group based in Kolkata, engaged in the business of manufacturing of iron & steel and tea.The cases were developed based on the available data in the departmental database, analysis of their financial statements, on market intelligence and field enquiries. Search and seizure action was carried out at more than 25 premises of Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Mumbai and other places.
The search action has resulted in unearthing of incriminating evidences revealing various shell entities being used for raising bogus share capital/unsecured loans. Evidence of out of the books cash transactions has also been found. During the course of search proceedings, as a result of enquiries conducted, it is established that the persons of the group have used paper/shell companies to route back their own unaccounted money. A total concealment of income amounting to Rs. 309 crore has been detected so far. The assessees have made an admission of undisclosed income amounting to Rs. 175 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
‘Gajra’ reminds us the value of small things in life: Vineet Sharma
Mumbai, 31 May 2022
The modern man often tends to undermine the value of small things in life while chasing after money and fame. In this vicious journey, he loses the happiness and togetherness of his family, which is one of the biggest strengths of man. ‘Gajra’ reminds us the importance of the small things and their importance in life, said Vineet Sharma, director of the film at #MIFFdialogue today.
Addressing the interactive session Vineet said, the story has been conceived from a real life incident which he came across. “The film presents the contrast between two characters and their lifestyles and through which it reflects the essence of true happiness. Gajra has been symbolically used to showcase this happiness”, he added.
Gajra
Director: Vineet Sharma
Producer: Vineet Sharma, Pranali Sharma, Manoj S Nair
Writer: Vineet Sharma
DOP: Ramani Ranjan Das
Editor: Amit Kulkarni
Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Jayant Gadekar, Kshitee Jog
Director’s Bio:
Vineet Sharma is an Indian film actor who has worked in dozens of Hindi films such as Mission Kashmir, Kaal, Ashoka, Singham, Judwaa-2, Thackeray and many more. He started his career with the film Mission Kashmir in the year 2000. A careful observer and a quick learner, he incessantly works towards achieving perfection in acting, script writing as well as film making.
Synopsis:
Life is an unsolved enigma. Sometimes, the fates of people who live vastly different lives intersect. This film illustrates this through the story of an aristocrat, Mr. Agarwal, and his chauffeur, Ramakant. One ordinary day, a peculiar event occurs creating a bond of shared experience between the two men.PIB MIFF Team | SSP/AA/DR/MIFF-36
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Ministry of Law and Justice
Appointment of Judges in High Courts
A Statement showing the details of appointment of Judges to the High Courts since 2014 is enclosed herewith as Annexure-A.
As on 14.03.2022, against the sanctioned strength of 1104 Judges in the High Courts, 699 Judges are in position, leaving 405 vacancies of Judges to be filled. Against 405 Vacancies, at present, 175 proposals are at various stages of processing between the Government and the Supreme Court Collegium. Further recommendations from High Court Collegiums are yet to be received in respect of 230 vacancies in High Courts. The current strength of Judges in the High Courts and details of vacant positions is enclosed at Annexure-B. Filling up of vacancies in the High Courts is a continuous, integrated and collaborative process between the Executive and the Judiciary. It requires consultation and approval from various Constitutional Authorities both at the State and Centre level. While every effort is made to fill up the existing vacancies expeditiously, vacancies of Judges in High Courts do keep on arising on account of retirement, resignation or elevation of Judges and also due to increase in the strength of Judges.
Since 2014 total 198 seats of Judges have been created in various High Courts the details of which are at Annexure-C.
Appointment of Judges of the High Courts is made under Articles 217 and 224 of the Constitution of India, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. However, the Government is committed to social diversity in the appointment of Judges in the in the Higher Judiciary and has been requesting the Chief Justices of High Courts that while sending proposals for appointment of Judges, due consideration be given to suitable candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and Women to ensure social diversity in appointment of Judges in High Courts.
This information was given by Shri Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Law and Justice, in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Railways
EAST COAST RAILWAY GENERAL MANAGER INSPECTED BHUBANESWAR, PURI STATION AND COACH MAINTENANCE DEPOT AT PURI
Reviewed on-going construction work for World Class Station at Bhubaneswar and Puri
Priority for easy maintenance and cleaning of the carriage
Stressed to provide clean and hygienic train journey
East Coast Railway General Manager Shri Manoj Sharma, today inspected Bhubaneswar and Puri Railway Station and Train Coach Maintenance Depot at Puri. He also took stock of amenities provided in train coaches for the benefit of passengers.
Reviewing the on-going works for Redevelopment of Bhubaneswar and Puri Railway Stations with World Class infrastructure & facilities, Shri Sharma instructed concerned officials to execute the project work in an exemplary manner.
Shri Sharma advised concerned officials to maintain proper cleanliness and maintain hygiene of coaches. While inspecting the Pit Line, Shri Sharma stressed on maintenance of coaches including Coach Cleaning, Charging, Watering along with other necessary facilities including Cat Walks of Pit Line to provide easy access to each coaches of the rake which helps easy maintenance and cleaning of carriages.
Pit Lines are major infrastructure facilities required for conducting primary maintenance of passenger coaches. After every scheduled trip, Under-Gear Examination, checking of the Braking System, Electrical Maintenance, Cleaning, Washing of both Exterior and Interior parts of Coaches, checking the Amenity Fittings and Watering of the Coaches are being carried out at pit lines.
The World Class Station at Bhubaneswar will have aesthetic Station Buildings and related facilities. The facilities provided at Puri Railway Station are mostly targeted for the comfort of passengers, especially tourists and pilgrims from all over the world.
Last Year during Rath Yatra time, Hon’ble Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw personally inspected the passenger facilities & amenities along with infrastructure facilities provided at Puri Railway Station.
Hence, the visit of General Manager Shri Sharma supplements the continuous effort of East Coast Railway towards progressing for best facility and comfort of passengers at Puri.
Divisional Railway Manager of Khurda Road Shri Rinkesh Roy along with Senior Officials from ECoR Headquarters and from Khurda Road Division were present on the occasion.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives of army personnel due to a road mishap in Sikkim
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the loss of lives of army personnel due to a road mishap in Sikkim. Shri Modi also wished speedy recovery of those who got injured in the road mishap.
The Prime Minister Office tweeted;
"Pained by the loss of lives of our brave army personnel due to a road mishap in Sikkim. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon: PM @narendramodi
Ministry of Culture
Jyotirgamaya- a festival showcasing the talents of unsung performers concludes
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal presents a special performance of Kabir Gayan
It is the responsibility the young generation to take forward our cultural hertitage: Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi
Vision of Sant Kabirdas key to understanding Indian Culture:Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal
Jyotirgamaya, a unique festival to showcase the talent of rare musical instruments from across the country, including street performers, train entertainers, performers attached to temples, etc, concluded today at Kamani Auditorium New Delhi.
Smt Meenakashi Lekhi, Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Culture and Parliamentary Affairs, and Shri Govind Mohan, Secretary, Ministry of Culture were present.
On the occasionShri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Culture,presented a special performance of Kabir Gayan.Shri Meghwal explained the importance of Kabir tradition saying that we need to understand Sant Kabirdasji’s vision to understand Indian Culture.
In her address, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi said that it is the responsibility the youth to take forward our rich cultural history.She added that the rare instruments played during the festival have given voice to the people even at times when the words failed to get them heard in society.
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi felicitated the senior most artiste of Brahm Veena, Shri Ananda Bag. This was followed by presentations of artistes on various rare musical instruments. Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi extended his heartfelt gratitude to everyone for making the event a success.
The 5 day festival showcased the talent of unsung performers from all corners of the country. Each day 15 performers displayed their artistry. This was achieved through a social media campaign whereby entrants were asked to send a small clip of their performance. The entries were reviewed and a total of 75 performances were selected after considering the recommendations of eminent musicians and several institutions of repute.
A live exhibition was organised in Lalit Kala Gallery displaying the making of musical instruments like the Kamaicha, Ravanhatha, Rabab, Pung, Sarangi, Jodiya Pava, Khol which hail from various parts of our country.
Simultaneously, there were workshops conducted on the making of rare musical instruments such as the Maddlam, Rudra Veena, Dukkad, Shehnai and Nadaswaram, which was visited daily by artists, scholars, researchers, students, etc. with enthusiasm. An exhibit of 20 rare musical instruments was also curated.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
WATER TRIBUNALS
For adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers and river valley thereof, the Parliament has enacted the Inter-State River Water Disputes  Act, 1956. When any request under the said Act is received from any State Government in respect of any water dispute on the inter-State rivers and the Central Government is of the opinion that the water dispute cannot be settled by negotiations, the Central Government constitutes a Water Disputes Tribunal for the adjudication of the water dispute. So far 9 water disputes Tribunals have been constituted to adjudicate inter-State River water disputes out of which 5 Tribunals have adjudicated the water disputes and subsequently these Tribunals have been dissolved. The details and status of the 5 dissolved tribunals are given at Annexure-I. The details and status of 4 active tribunals are given at Annexure-II.
In the ISRWD Act,1956 as amended, time limits are already prescribed for different stages of adjudication of water disputes.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Commerce & Industry Minister Meets Industry Stakeholders on E-Commerce & Data Localization
PiyushGoyal meeting with Industry stakeholders on e-Commerce and data localization
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, PiyushGoyal is holding a meeting with Industry stakeholders on e-Commerce and data localization in New Delhi today.
Common issues for discussion include opportunities for India in the growing digital economy, value addition in Indian GDP due to advent of e-commerce, understanding data flows from four aspects – privacy, security, safety and free choice, ownership and sharing of data, gains and costs of cross border flow of data and means to monitor use of data.
Issues like strengths and weaknesses of Indian companies who may benefit from e-commerce, threats from large foreign competition, level playing field and impact of anti-competitive practices such as predatory pricing and other discriminatory practices are expected to come up for discussion during Commerce Minister’s meeting with Indian e-Commerce companies.Gains and costs of cross border flow of data, ownership and sharing of data and efficiency gains and losses on utilizing Indian data servers, emails, clouds are likely to be deliberated during his meeting with e-Commerce companies.
Anticipated increase in costs and efficiency losses due to data localization, timeline to create a data infrastructure to comply with data localisation norms and developing Indian data servers, clouds, emails: Scope, coverage, advantages, disadvantages, costs and gains are some of the issues which may figure during PiyushGoyal’s meeting with Indian IT companies. Anticipated increase in costs and efficiency losses due to data localization, monitoring use of data from lens of privacy, security, safety and choice and efficiency gains and losses on utilizing Indian data servers, emails, clouds are the issues on the agenda of the Minister’s meeting with foreign IT firms.
The meeting is being attended by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, SomParkash, Secretary, DPIIT, Secretary, Department of Commerce, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Deputy Governor ofRBI,B.P. Kanungo,senior officers from Ministry of External Affairs, Department of Commerce & DPIIT. Representatives of e- Commerce companies are attending the meeting.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Use of Chemicals and Pesticides for Ripening of Fruits
As per the information provided by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; sub-regulation 2.3.5 of Food Safety and Standards  Regulations, 2011 is related to “Prohibition of use of Calcium Carbide in ripening of fruits”. According to this sub regulation, “No person shall sell or offer or expose for sale or have in his premises for the purpose of sale under any description, fruits which have been artificially ripened by use of acetylene gas, commonly known as carbide gas.
However, ripening of fruits by using ethylene gas at a concentration upto 100 ppm  depending upon the crop, variety and maturity has been permitted. Ethylene is a safer alternative. It is also produced in the fruits naturally to stimulate their ripening in a natural way.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India  has developed a Guidance Note No.04/2018 on "ARTIFICIAL RIPENING OF FRUITS – Ethylene gas- A safe fruit ripener” and shared through its website i.e. www.fssai.gov.in and social media handles. The purpose of this guidance note is to create awareness related to different aspects of artificial ripening of fruits among food business operators/traders, consumers and food safety officials. It also includes Standard Operating Procedure detailing all facets of artificial ripening using ethylene gas.
Implementation and enforcement of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and Rules and Regulations made thereunder primarily lies with State/UT Governments. Regular surveillance, monitoring, inspection and sampling of food products, including fruits and vegetables, are being carried out by the Food Safety Officers of States/UTs and appropriate penal action is initiated as per the provisions of FSS Act, 2006 against the defaulting FBOs.
FSSAI at present has a network of 264 laboratories across the country comprising of 246 laboratories for primary testing recognized & notified under section 43 of FSS act 2006; and, 18 laboratories for appellate  testing recognized & notified under section 43 of FSS act 2006. Most of these laboratories have the facilities to check calcium carbide.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Tribes India Launches More New Socially Impactful, Immunity Boosting Products
Tribes India is continuing with making its product offerings more attractive to its customers, and at the same time helping millions of tribal enterprises get larger markets. Keeping this as the objective, over the last month, Tribes India has included many new products . This week, Tribes India has now added more new products to their offering.The highlight is Saheli, the eco-friendly sanitary pads made by the Vasavatribals under the Gram Sangathan Kambodiya in Gujarat. Tribes India is partnering with them to distribute these sanitary pads across the country.
The new products fall under the Forest Fresh Naturals and organics range and also some of these will make excellent gifting and decoration options as well.
All the new products introduced in the past few weeksare available inTribes India outlets, Tribes India mobile vans and also on online platforms such as the Tribes India E-marketplace  and e-tailers.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Pravir Krishna, MD, TRIFED said, “Tribes India is continuing in its mission to impact and transform tribal lives and improve their livelihoods. The highlight of today’s launch is the eco-friendly, sustainable sanitary pads made by the Vasavatribalsin Gujarat that are being supplied byGram SangathanKambodiya. In order to give a boost to this impactful and relevant work, Trifed will be distributing these economical pads.”
Sourced from different parts of the country, among theproducts launched today, include beautifully crafted moorthis of Ganesha and Lakshmi and some decoration items in the Dokra style from Odisha; immunity boosting products such as Nachetna powder, Haride and Triphala tablets from Gujarat and various honey variants including creamy mushroom from Dehradun; and some natural balms  from the tribals in Tamil Nadu. Chironjee nuts and Guava jelly have also been procured from the tribes of Jharkhand.
Go Vocal for Local Go Tribal is the mantra that TRIFED goes by as it works in benefitting the tribals and their livelihoods across the country. The recently launched Tribes India e-marketplace, India’s largest handicraft and organic products marketplace which connects 5 lakh tribal enterprises to national and international markets, showcases tribal produce and handicrafts, making them accessible to customers across the country.
The TribesIndia E-marketplace is an effort to empower lakhs of tribal enterprises. With a variety of natural and sustainable produce and products, it offers a glimpse into the age-old traditions of our tribal brethren. Do check out market.tribesindia.com. Buy Local Buy Tribal!
Ministry of Defence
India & Oman review progress in military-to-military engagements during 11th Joint Military Cooperation Committee Meeting in New Delhi
Secretary General of Ministry of Defence, Oman calls on Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh
Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence, Oman Dr Mohammed Bin Nasser Bin Ali Al–Zaabi called on Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on February 01, 2022. They discussed ways to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries. The Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence, Oman also briefed Shri Rajnath Singh about the 11th India–Oman Joint Military Cooperation Committee Meeting  on bilateral defence cooperation which was held in New Delhi on January 31, 2022.
The JMCC meeting was co-chaired by Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence, Oman. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the progress made in military-to-military engagements, including joint exercises, industry cooperation and various ongoing infrastructure projects. It was decided to identify new avenues and examine areas of mutual interest for Joint Venture in order to enhance defence industry cooperation. Conduct of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief  exercise involving the three services and enhancing the scope and complexities of the existing joint exercises were also discussed. Both the countries agreed to work together to combat the issue of drug trafficking prevalent in the North Arabian Sea.
It was agreed to hold the next JMCC in Oman on mutually convenient dates. The JMCC is the apex body between the Defence Ministries of India and Oman to comprehensively review & guide all aspects of bilateral defence cooperation.
The Secretary General also called on the three Service Chiefs and met with the CEOs of Indian Defence Industries. He will be visiting Cochin Shipyard Limited, Military Training Establishments and the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant, during his stay.